PPP lawmaker elected new POK premier
A Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker was on Monday elected as the “prime minister” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after the regional assembly adopted a no-confidence motion against incumbent Chaudhry Anwarul Haq of Tehreek-i-Insaf. Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore is the fourth premier in the sitting assembly since its installation in 2021. He...
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Jaishankar arrives in Russia on three-day visit
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Yunus hails verdict against Sheikh Hasina
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Ethiopia confirms 3 Marburg virus deaths
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Bangladesh’s tribunal sentences ex-home minister Kamal to death for crimes against humanity
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Outrage in Israel: Netanyahu to oversee October 7 probe
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Sheikh Hasina: The rise, reign and ruin of Bangladesh’s Iron Lady
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Lula’s former HR minister accused of sexual misconduct
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Jaishankar to meet Lavrov, discuss bilateral ties
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov here on Monday to discuss bilateral ties ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s New Delhi visit next month. According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Jaishankar is arriving here to lead the Indian delegation at the...
Hundreds of sheep head through German city
Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was herded through downtown on its way to its winter quarters. Curious bystanders, cellphones in hand to capture the sight, lined the streets as the roughly 600 animals...
Disability rights activist Alice Wong dies at 51
Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Wong died Friday because of an infection at a hospital in San Francisco, said Sandy Ho, a close friend who has been in touch with Wong’s family. Ho called her friend a...
Thousands rally in Manila against corruption
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered on Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability over a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials. Various groups have protested in recent months following the discovery that thousands of flood defence...
China holds ‘bomber patrol’ drills over SCS
The Chinese military for the first time conducted a “bomber formation patrol” with its fighter jets over the disputed South China Sea on Sunday as a “warning” to the Philippines after its navy conducted joint patrols with the US and Japan. China, which claims most of the South China Sea,...
Lahore lawyers protest against Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan
Lawyers in Pakistan’s Lahore city on Sunday announced a strike against the controversial 27th Constitutional Amendment that curtailed the powers of the Supreme Court, and also urged the judges to resign to lodge their protest. President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday signed into law the 27th Constitutional Amendment, which provides...
Netanyahu insists on no Palestinian state ahead of UNSC vote
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to oppose any attempts to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the UN Security Council is to vote on an American resolution that leaves the door open to Palestinian independence. Netanyahu has long ruled out Palestinian independence. But as the US attempts...
